Joel Sherzer:

A Preliminary Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center

Creator:

Sherzer, Joel, 1942-

Title:

Joel Sherzer Collection

Dates:

circa 1980-1982

Extent:

5 document boxes (2.1 linear feet)

Abstract:

The Joel Sherzer Collection consists
of about 1,000 slides, contact sheets, and negatives relating to the International
Conference on World Traditions of Puppetry and Performing Objects held in 1980
in
Washington, D.C..

Call Number:

Performing Arts Collection
PA-00132

Language:

English

Access:

Open for research. An advance appointment is required to view photographic negatives
in the Reading Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material:
performingarts@hrc.utexas.edu

All materials gift of Joel Sherzer, 1995, except the script for Le jeunesse d'Ogier le Danois which was donated by Don
Harms in 2007.

Processed by:

Helen Adair, 2000, 2007; Daniela Lozano, 2012

Repository:

The University of Texas at Austin, Harry Ransom
Center

The Joel Sherzer Collection is organized into two series: I. Puppetry Materials,
1980; and II. Crafts Fair Materials, 1982. Series I. constitutes the bulk of the
collection and consists of about 1,000 color slides, contact sheets, and black
and
white negatives relating to the International Conference on World Traditions of
Puppetry and Performing Objects held in 1980 in Washington, D.C. These materials
are
arranged according to an alphanumeric classification system, and detailed photo
logs
are filed with the slides and contact sheets. The photographers represented are
Antonio Pasqualino, Corinne Kratz, Frank Proschan, Paula Johnson, and Stephanie
Krebs. Series II. includes about 124 slides and three photos of a crafts fair
in San
Marcos, Texas, in 1982.

An advance appointment is required to view photographic negatives in the Reading
Room. Please contact the Center before requesting this material:
performingarts@hrc.utexas.edu

Eighty-nine audio cassettes, many of which were created by Joan Gross in conjunction
with her fieldwork among puppeteers in Liege, Belgium, in 1982, were transferred
to
Ransom Center Sound Recordings Collection. Approximately 100 videotapes pertaining
to performance traditions of the U.S., Canada, Europe/Sicily, and the Middle
East/Asia were transferred to the Center’s Film Collection.